Sixteen new castaways will enter the nation of Japan in the Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, the smallest of the four main Japanese islands. Whoever can survive 39 days and each other, will win the million dollars and the title of Sole Survivor of Survivor: Japan.

Written in April 2014 to January 2015, Japan's TV run takes place in the fall of 2014. It will take the place of the canonical Season 29 (San Juan del Sur)